Siti Syafika Amira Mohd Rasani said she had made the claim without knowing the real facts with regards to the fireman’s situation.

”I heard from my colleague, Ashraf that Adib told him that he was beaten and I believed Ashraf.

“I was emotional, too, when I read about Adib’s news on social media,” she said when asked by conducting officer Zharfan Hamzah about her Facebook statement on Friday.

Siti Syafika was referring to IJN medical assistant Ashraf Baruji who had testified in the inquest earlier that Adib had indicated to him that he was pulled from behind and beaten up during the Seafield temple riot.

Siti Syafikah apologised to the court today over her Facebook statement and said her “Cik Miera” account was no longer active.

Last week, Siti Syafika, through her “Cik Miera” Facebook account, claimed that she had seen bruises on Adib’s face and body.

In the same post, she had criticised the testimony of Hospital Kuala Lumpur forensic specialist Dr Ahmad Hafizam Hasmi who had said Adib‘s injuries were not due to assault.

Separately, Kangar MP Noor Amin Ahmad had confronted Siti Syafika over her remarks. She later deleted her comment.

“Because of my Facebook comment, I was also called by IJN’s head nurse and human resources department to explain myself,” she said, adding she also received a lot of personal messages.

The nurse said she first saw Adib on Nov 28 last year, when the fireman was admitted to IJN.

“When he was taken to the ICU, I saw his face was swollen and that there were bruises on Adib’s right chest, thighs, and scrotum,” she said, adding Adib was unconscious throughout his stay in the hospital.

Throughout Adib’s 21-day stay in IJN, Siti Syafika said she had attended to him three times with regards to the use of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or Ecmo, device.

Siti Syafikah, who tried to hold back her tears, said she felt touched when she saw Adib’s family members, fiancee and his colleagues waiting for Adib in the hospital throughout the fireman’s stay.

“They made me feel like it was home,” she added.

The inquest was called by the government amid conflicting claims on the cause of Adib’s death.

Adib was part of a response team sent from the Subang Jaya fire and rescue station on Nov 27, 2018, to the temple area in answer to a call that cars had been set on fire. He died at IJN on Dec 17.